I decided to search for photos using the keyword,waves. Choosing this as a topic was tough - it took me over an hour of looking and being mesmerized by photos before snapping myself out of this reverie. I am an 8th grade science teacher and we just started the wave unit. So I was thinking I could use this in class. I loved many of the wave subject photos however, I made myself choose these three not necessarily because they were my favorite - which they weren't, but because they showed different characteristics of a wave. The Cirrus clouds have a wave pattern with a crest and a trough. I could even talk about cycles and frequency if I set up some artificial parameters. The crashing, breaking water wave seems to show a nice amplitude with some energy. Lastly, the waves made by an object dropping into the fluid show a property that oan occur with water waves where the energy spreads out in equal directions.
Danuta
It always amazes me the types of images that teachers find for use with their lessons. These are three great wave images! Using images like this would certainly make the lesson come alive -- and help students recognize waves in their world.
ReplyDeleteNice job!